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go through the motions

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  • verb idiomatic To do something in a mechanical, unreflective manner, especially as a matter of routine and without commitment or enthusiasm; to perform a task perfunctorily.

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  • verb pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it

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synonyms (28)

Words with the same meaning

  1. act
  2. act a part
  3. affect
  4. assume
  5. bluff
  6. counterfeit
  7. cover up
  8. dissemble
  9. dissimulate
  10. fake
  11. feign
  12. four-flush
  13. gammon
  14. let on
  15. let on like
  16. make a pretense
  17. make as if
  18. make believe
  19. make like
  20. play
  21. play a part
  22. play possum
  23. playact
  24. pretend
  25. profess
  26. put on
  27. sham
  28. simulate

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. make
  2. make-believe
  3. pretend

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